CBEFM Help- no low, started on high fertility- this happen to anyone else?

[JFTB1177]

Hi ladies! I just started using my Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor for the first time in 2 years (I had a baby in March '09 and had my first PPAF about 4 or 5 months ago). My cycles have always ranged between 30-36 days. Since I got AF back 4-5 months ago my cycle has been 35 or 36 days each month.

My monitor always asks for the first test on CD9 since I have longer cycles. Today is CD9 so I did my first test today and the monitor went straight to high fertility! This has NEVER happened to me before and now I'm worried. I always get between 2-5 days of low fertility, then a few days of high before peaking. Do you think my cycle is messed up because of giving birth (even though it was a year ago)? Also I stopped breastfeeding when DS was 7months old (because I had to go back to work full-time and my milk was drying up).

Has this ever happen to you (starting on high fertility)? Was something wrong with your cycle or was everything ok?

Thanks!

[JustLooking_30]

What it think it means is that the length of your cycles are fluctuating. You've gone from a longer cycle to a shorter one this month. My cycles jump around in length too...normal fluctuation is 28 to 34-35 days.

Its not terribly uncommon, cycles do tend to get shorter as you get older. It could be part of a trend or just a single aberration. Either way, its ok, does not matter, IMO, if you get that estrogen peak slowly or quickly.

[MaerynPearl]

Did you reset your monitor before you started to use it again?

[MoOnFiReGlOw]

Originally Posted by MaerynPearl

Did you reset your monitor before you started to use it again?

[JFTB1177]

Originally Posted by MaerynPearl

Did you reset your monitor before you started to use it again?

How do you do that? I mean I did put new batteries in... so if you don't reset it, it will act funny?

[JFTB1177]

Originally Posted by JustLooking_30

What it think it means is that the length of your cycles are fluctuating. You've gone from a longer cycle to a shorter one this month. My cycles jump around in length too...normal fluctuation is 28 to 34-35 days.

Its not terribly uncommon, cycles do tend to get shorter as you get older. It could be part of a trend or just a single aberration. Either way, its ok, does not matter, IMO, if you get that estrogen peak slowly or quickly.

Thanks! Have you heard of anyone using the monitor and not getting any lows at all?

So you're saying maybe I am ovulating earlier than I did in the past few cycles? I hope that's all it is

[MaerynPearl]

Originally Posted by JFTB1177

How do you do that? I mean I did put new batteries in... so if you don't reset it, it will act funny?

http://www.ehow.com/how_2326261_rese...or-memory.html

you should really reset when it has been so long since your last, especially since your cycle can change so very much since then.

[JustLooking_30]

Originally Posted by JFTB1177

Thanks! Have you heard of anyone using the monitor and not getting any lows at all?

So you're saying maybe I am ovulating earlier than I did in the past few cycles? I hope that's all it is

It depends on when you start testing. At day 9, not getting a low is unusual but still reasonable. Many women ovulate around day 14, so if you have 3 days of high, one day of peak and ovulation the next day, its within normal range. Ovulation even earlier (around day 11) can happen too,

However, if you played with the timing to get the monitor to think day 9 is really day 3 (do not advice this) and then did not get a low reading when, testing at day 3, then something is funky!

[JFTB1177]

Well I got a peak reading today! CD 14. How is that possible when my cycles have been 35 and 36 days long since I got them back about 5 months ago? This must mean my LP is very long- unless this cycle is going to be shorter. <sigh> Just worries me.